The continuously popular Blues at The Cove series returns to The Cove Inn with an annual show by Ottawa/Toronto’s Swamp Boogie Kings, MonkeyJunk! Enjoy a Blues at The Cove Series show with delicious dinner, world class music and support for local charity from 7-11pm on Thursday, December 11, 2025!
Imagine a warm, intimate venue setting in a historic waterside inn on the Rideau Canal featuring a tasty buffet dinner and a donation to a local charity and you have Blues at The Cove! Join us for the new season!
Tickets include delicious full course buffet style dinner with served dessert, amazing door prizes from sponsors, dancing and a donation to local charity.
Proceeds from this show go to support Rideau Waterway Land Trust
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED: Call us 613.273.3636 or email [email protected] for reservations!
Doors 6pm
Dinner 7pm
Show Sets 8:30-9:30pm, 10-11pm
MonkeyJunk (Ottawa/Toronto)
Since 2008, the name MonkeyJunk has been synonymous with the emergence of a new kind of blues on the Canadian and international scenes. Continually pushing boundaries and blurring genre lines, the Ottawa-based trio has added an edge to their music by incorporating swampy blues & rock with thoughtful and intelligent lyrics. MonkeyJunk is Tony D on lead guitar, Steve Marriner on lead vocals/baritone guitar/harmonica and Matt Sobb on drums. The band has released 5 full-length albums and are poised to release new music in 2023 – just in time to celebrate 15 years as a band! As one of the hardest working bands on the scene today, these Canadian ambassadors of blues/rock are constantly working to up their game in terms of songwriting and musicianship, on record and especially live! 23 Maple Blues Awards, 2 Indy Awards, 1 USA Blues Music Award, 2 JUNO AWARDS!
MonkeyJunk’s sound is unique – to quote Tony D – “we respect the traditions of Roots music and then give it a modern approach”. We’ve been lucky enough to have them play Blues On The Rideau @ The Cove 4 times in the past and Steve Marriner has performed here separately a number of times as well. They never fail to deliver a fantastic show. If you haven’t seen them before be prepared to be blown away. Be sure to bring you dancing shoes!
“Like a well-oiled machine ….an unyielding display of soulful blues rock robustness… a tenacious trio gifted with an arsenal of instrumental ability.”
Blues Rock Review, USA
For physical events that happen at a specific time. For example a concert, or dance performance. If there are multiple shows, you can still duplicate your event to cover them all.
In-Person Event
Thu. December 11th + Add to Calendar
The Cove Inn
7:00pm - 11:00pm
$95
